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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Buick at a Crossroads: Building Brand Momentum
Whitler, Kimberly A.; Yemen, Gerry; Wells, Graham D.Case DARDEN-M-0907-EMarketingFew cases allow the student to understand the relationship between brand strategy, marketing strategy, implementation, and analysis. While some conceive of the process as being sequential, this case demonstrates that in fact, this process is more fluid, and that implementation and analysis impact subsequent strategy. This field-based case provides a rare glimpse into the turnaround of a brand that was all but dead. After Buick suffered more th...Starting at €8.20
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Competition and Collaboration in the PC Industry: The Evolution of a Value Chain (C)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Charan, Guru; Davis, Ryan M.; Moore, Elizabeth K.Case DARDEN-BP-0520-ECorporate GovernanceDell clung to the top spot among PC makers in 2006, when it shipped just over 38 million computers - only about 20,000 more than rival Hewlett-Packard (HP), which acquired Compaq in 2001. HP also reported gains in the fast-growing laptop segment, mostly at the expense of Dell. After HP and Dell, the next three largest PC makers in 2006 were all based outside the United States: Lenovo of China (which purchased IBM’s PC division in 2001), Acer of T...Starting at €5.74
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Bond Buyback at Deutsche Bank
Allayannis, George (Yiorgos); Yemen, Gerry; Wells, Graham D.Case DARDEN-F-1790-EFinanceThe case describes a 2016 debt buyback transaction for Deutsche Bank, a major, global, systemically important bank. The case focuses on the large, global bank during a turbulent period, giving students the opportunity to consider both the specific issue of whether Deutsche Bank should do a debt buyback as well as the strategic, regulatory, and macroeconomic issues the bank was facing. This case is suitable for an MBA elective course in capital ma...Starting at €8.20
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Competition and Collaboration in the PC Industry: The Evolution of a Value Chain (B)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Charan, Guru; Davis, Ryan M.; Moore, Elizabeth K.Case DARDEN-BP-0519-ECorporate GovernanceThe B case examines the shifting dynamics as Intel and Microsoft assert their dominance over the box makers. By 2001, Compaq was toppled as the world’s largest PC maker. Intel remained the world’s largest processor maker and Microsoft remained a software giant. But a company founded in 1984 by a University of Texas student had taken its place as a powerhouse in the “Wintel” value chain. That company was Dell. See the A case (UVA-BP-0518) and C ca...Starting at €5.74
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Competition and Collaboration in the PC Industry: The Evolution of a Value Chain (A)
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Charan, Guru; Davis, Ryan M.; Moore, Elizabeth K.Case DARDEN-BP-0518-ECorporate GovernanceThe three cases in this series trace developments in the personal computer industry from its inception through 2006, making it possible to examine the issues of collaboration and competition as the value chain in the industry evolves. The A case looks at these tensions through the lens of the relationship between two for the industries’ most successful firms - Compaq and Intel. As the A case describes, by the mid-1990s, Compaq was the world’s lar...Starting at €8.20
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Bond Buyback at Deutsche Bank - Teaching Note
Allayannis, George (Yiorgos); Wells, Graham D.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1790TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1790Starting at €0.00